About

Hey, I'm Paige Niedringhaus.

I'm a full-stack software engineer, technical writer, podcast co-host, and occasional conference speaker. St. Louis born, dev community raised 🇺🇸.

Web development wasn't my first job...

I didn't start here. I have a BBA from  Emory University's  Goizueta Business School  and spent several years as a digital marketer and content strategist before deciding that building things was more fun than marketing them 🎓. In 2016, I blew up my career in the best possible way.

But it turns out, I really enjoy it.

DigitalCrafts  was the bootcamp that started it all — and I haven't looked back 💻. If you're curious about the full origin story, I told it on  My JavaScript Story  and wrote a few  posts  about the leap.

And now, I want to help others find the joy in coding too.

These days I'm a lead software engineer at  AllSpice, working at the intersection of hardware and software. My current obsessions: GenAI, and web technologies like Next.js, Svelte, Astro, and Go. Previously I was a staff engineer at Blues and a senior engineer at The Home Depot.

When I'm not writing code, I'm usually talking about it. I co-host two podcasts —  Front-end Fire, a weekly frontend news show with Jack Herrington and TJ VanToll, and  PodRocket, LogRocket's web dev podcast 🎙️. I also write regularly here, on  Medium, and at a few other publications — mostly because figuring something out is only half the fun.

If you want to know more about me personally...

I met my husband Sean while working in Atlanta — married since 2016, best decision I've made that didn't involve a code editor.

Outside of work I paint 🎨, scuba dive, travel, and spend time with people I like. Lately I've been working on handbalancing and botanical watercolor, with varying degrees of success — so if you have tips, my DMs are open.